The blocky horror show: Dario Argento’s ‘Tenebre’ recreated with LEGO
Love Lego? Love horror films? Then you’ll probably love this stop-motion, Lego version of Dario Argento’s Tenebre. Often considered the “finest film that Argento has…
Movies Archives: 06/2013
Goblin: Dario Argento-associated Italian progrockers to tour North America for first time ever
Famed Italian progrockers Goblin, best known for their work with horror auteur Dario Argento–Goblin did the soundtracks for Deep Red, Suspiria, Tenebrae and more of…
Yukio Mishima: Japanese Literature’s Samurai Kurt Cobain (NSFW)
In his memoir Confessions of a Mask (certainly the only book I’ve ever read describable as “Proust meets Jeffrey Dahmer”), the great Japanese writer and…
Orson Welles hated Woody Allen
Oh is this good. It’s almost too good. Director Henry Jaglom and the great Orson Welles knew each other pretty well. The younger man was…
Hot-to-Trot Vampires in Canada: The Formerly Long Lost ‘Sexcula’
If I threw the words “sexy vampire comedy” at you, what are the first images that come to mind? A Catskills Lothario, fanging luscious and…
The Horror: Restaurant based on Dario Argento’s ‘Suspiria’ opens in Tokyo
You can run from Suspiria… You can hide from Suspiria… and now you can eat there, too? Huh? That’s right, kids, Dario Argento’s 1977 horror…
‘Out of the West’: Excellent documentary on the early career of Clint Eastwood
The issue was money. Sergio Leone originally wanted Henry Fonda to star as the “Man With No Name,” in his film A Fistful of Dollars…
Avant psychedelia: The Art Ensemble of Chicago show up in French hippie movie ‘Les Stances A Sophie’
In 1970, Egyptian-born Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi directed Les Stances A Sophie, a groovy, post May ’68 film which featured not only the music of…
Steve McQueen and Charles Manson’s ‘Death List’
Steve McQueen was one of several Hollywood celebrities placed on a “Death List” allegedly compiled by Charles Manson. The other names were Elizabeth Taylor, Richard…